10-12-2020, 10:16 PM
First of all, I'd like to disclose that I am biased in my response. I am friends with Lycan, been playing with him for 5 years, and previously served as a Moderator alongside him.
The first point I'd like to raise is that the punishments for teaming are far in excess of what I think is appropriate. Per the staff guidelines which are available to everyone, the first punishment for teaming is 2 weeks. The examples of teaming provided are:
Now the evidence currently provided is fairly sparse for me to come to an opinion on the alleged teaming here, but I can offer a few general points. The videos of Crab and Lycan that have been provided thus far do not appear to demonstrate any disruption to the game. Yes, it appears Lycan was revived by Crab and chose not to kill him. Yes, Lycan appears to have brought a body bomb towards a traitor at the end of the round. This was at the end of the round, and even if Lycan was the one who mashed that E button on the bomb-rigged body, any disruption to the game was minimal. The round ended and the traitors won. The outcome was not changed and no one had their T round ruined.
Since I believe this ban request may try to include evidence beyond this alleged teaming, I'll also provide a general defense of Lycan. Lycan enjoys messing around on the server, and admittedly goes too far from time to time, like with the use of slurs. I know his actions might irritate some, but I generally find them to be harmless. I mean the encouragement of the "ASAB" stuff was never really a problem, in my opinion. As with all the memes, it has basically died out. Any of the other stuff which I'm aware of isn't really a big deal either. I've been here for years now and I can generally recognize "toxicity" pretty quickly. And there is a clear difference between what Lycan does and what truly "toxic" individuals do. From a player standpoint, Lycan is a respected and appreciated member of the community and has been so for years now. Very active on the Discord and the TTT server, he has many friends here and is the butt and originator of many long-running jokes. Sure, he may mess around but I have also seen him be quite helpful to ordinary players as well. This may be linked to his past as a staff member, where he reached the rank of Moderator.
TL;DR: This is not malicious (disruptive to gameplay) teaming and shouldn't be punished as such. Lycan is a decent guy.
The first point I'd like to raise is that the punishments for teaming are far in excess of what I think is appropriate. Per the staff guidelines which are available to everyone, the first punishment for teaming is 2 weeks. The examples of teaming provided are:
- Innocent players refusing to kill a completely obvious traitor that has done many traitorous things in front of them and is ignoring it. This is teaming.
- Defibbing innos as a T. This is teaming.
- Purposely letting innos in the T room, this is a form of teaming and is slayable.
- Innocent players refusing to kill a completely obvious traitor that has done many traitorous things in front of them and is ignoring it. This is teaming.
Now the evidence currently provided is fairly sparse for me to come to an opinion on the alleged teaming here, but I can offer a few general points. The videos of Crab and Lycan that have been provided thus far do not appear to demonstrate any disruption to the game. Yes, it appears Lycan was revived by Crab and chose not to kill him. Yes, Lycan appears to have brought a body bomb towards a traitor at the end of the round. This was at the end of the round, and even if Lycan was the one who mashed that E button on the bomb-rigged body, any disruption to the game was minimal. The round ended and the traitors won. The outcome was not changed and no one had their T round ruined.
Since I believe this ban request may try to include evidence beyond this alleged teaming, I'll also provide a general defense of Lycan. Lycan enjoys messing around on the server, and admittedly goes too far from time to time, like with the use of slurs. I know his actions might irritate some, but I generally find them to be harmless. I mean the encouragement of the "ASAB" stuff was never really a problem, in my opinion. As with all the memes, it has basically died out. Any of the other stuff which I'm aware of isn't really a big deal either. I've been here for years now and I can generally recognize "toxicity" pretty quickly. And there is a clear difference between what Lycan does and what truly "toxic" individuals do. From a player standpoint, Lycan is a respected and appreciated member of the community and has been so for years now. Very active on the Discord and the TTT server, he has many friends here and is the butt and originator of many long-running jokes. Sure, he may mess around but I have also seen him be quite helpful to ordinary players as well. This may be linked to his past as a staff member, where he reached the rank of Moderator.
TL;DR: This is not malicious (disruptive to gameplay) teaming and shouldn't be punished as such. Lycan is a decent guy.